Jarrow, England
Tyne Cyclist and Pedestrian Tunnels
Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.
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Jarrow, England
Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.
South Shields, England
This sculpture made up of 22 bulbous bronze figures reminds locals of massive Weeble Woobles.
Byker, England
This tunnel was an amazing feat of engineering and an economic success, but the coal mine which it served closed after only 18 years of the tunnel's use, but in WW2 the tunnel was converted to an air raid shelter
Falkirk, Scotland
An amazing house in a park in the middle of Falkirk
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Carron, Scotland
The remaining public face of the factory which made many of Britain's red letterboxes and iconic red telephone call boxes
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Zaragoza, Spain
This amazing cathedral was built on the site of the first Marian shrine in Spain and is important to Spanish speakers the world over
Matlock, England
A WW2 communications centre for Churchill's secret army
Matlock, England
The largest former spa hotel in Matlock allows the public to get a glimpse of its opulent past.
Matlock, England
A pile of earth left over from a water supply project was converted into an anti-aircraft installation during World War II.
Matlock, England
A remnant of the steepest street tramway in the world
Worksop, England
The legacy of a social experiment of the 1930s funded by Andrew Carnegie's Charity is a dispersed group of 40 houses of identical original design dotted across 400 acres of Derbyshire agricultural land
Eyam, England
One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."
Ranville, France
Two versions of Pegasus Bridge remind us of the opening shots of D-day.
Keadby, England
This small north Lincolnshire village is blessed with examples of three different types of moveable bridge
Ibiza, Spain
Inside a former smuggler's cave, an artificial waterfall and light show.
San Miguel de Salinas, Spain
This town has two officially recognised troglodyte villages
Orihuela, Spain
Painting of this dam or weir seems to be a tradition
Orihuela, Spain
The second largest palm grove in Europe was planted during Moorish times and has been largely unchanged since then.
Orihuela, Spain
A working-class suburb has become an open-air art museum dedicated to a local poet and hero of the Spanish Civil War.
Petrer, Spain
The last refuge of the Republican Government before the end of the Spanish Civil War
el Fondó, Spain
The place where the Spanish 2nd Republic, essentially, came to an end
Zaragoza, Spain
Remains of the walls of the Roman city named for its founder